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Successful launch for GOCE

At 15:21 CET on 17 March 2009, the new environmental satellite GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) was successfully launched into Earth orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The Rockot launch vehicle brought the satellite into a near-polar orbit with an inclination of 96.5 degrees at an altitude of 260 kilometres. From this orbit, GOCE will map the Earth's gravity field over a 20-month period, with a level of accuracy never seen before. The expected results will be especially important for oceanography, geophysics and ocean level studies.

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